How to format your references using the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology (BJCP). For a complete guide how to prepare your manuscript refer to the journal's instructions to authors.

Using reference management software

Typically you don't format your citations and bibliography by hand. The easiest way is to use a reference manager:

Paperpile	The citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNote	Download the output style file
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and others	The style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most references management programs.
BibTeX	BibTeX syles are usually part of a LaTeX template. Check the instructions to authors if the publisher offers a LaTeX template for this journal.

Journal articles

Those examples are references to articles in scholarly journals and how they are supposed to appear in your bibliography.

Not all journals organize their published articles in volumes and issues, so these fields are optional. Some electronic journals do not provide a page range, but instead list an article identifier. In a case like this it's safe to use the article identifier instead of the page range.

A journal article with 1 author

Rastan S. Mary F. Lyon (1925-2014). Nature. 2015;518(7537):36.

A journal article with 2 authors

Whitaker DL, Edwards J. Sphagnum moss disperses spores with vortex rings. Science. 2010;329(5990):406.

A journal article with 3 authors

Barta A, Dorner S, Polacek N. Mechanism of ribosomal peptide bond formation. Science. 2001;291(5502):203.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Petrushanko IY, Mitkevich VA, Anashkina AA, et al. Critical role of γ-phosphate in structural transition of Na,K-ATPase upon ATP binding. Sci Rep. 2014;4:5165.

Books and book chapters

Here are examples of references for authored and edited books as well as book chapters.

An authored book

Simmons M, Dalgleish E. Corporate Actions. John Wiley & Sons Ltd; 2006.

An edited book

Ebert C. Best Practices in Software Measurement: How to Use Metrics to Improve Project and Process Performance. (Bundschuh M, Dumke R, Schmietendorf A, eds.). Springer; 2005.

A chapter in an edited book

Garavaglia C, Breschi S. The Co-Evolution of Entrepreneurship and Clusters. In: Fratesi U, Senn L, eds. Growth and Innovation of Competitive Regions: The Role of Internal and External Connections. Advances in Spatial Science. Springer; 2009:95-116.

Web sites

Sometimes references to web sites should appear directly in the text rather than in the bibliography. Refer to the Instructions to authors for British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology.

Blog post

Davis J. Dinosaurs May Have Evolved Up To 20 Million Years Earlier Than Thought. IFLScience.

Reports

This example shows the general structure used for government reports, technical reports, and scientific reports. If you can't locate the report number then it might be better to cite the report as a book. For reports it is usually not individual people that are credited as authors, but a governmental department or agency like "U. S. Food and Drug Administration" or "National Cancer Institute".

Government report

Government Accountability Office. Proprietary Schools: Stronger Department of Education Oversight Needed to Help Ensure Only Eligible Students Receive Federal Student Aid. U.S. Government Printing Office; 2009.

Theses and dissertations

Theses including Ph.D. dissertations, Master's theses or Bachelor theses follow the basic format outlined below.

Doctoral dissertation

Singh KK. An 8-PSK Receiver Using LNA & SRO: Design and Mathematical Analysis. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach; 2015.

News paper articles

Unlike scholarly journals, news papers do not usually have a volume and issue number. Instead, the full date and page number is required for a correct reference.

New York Times article

McNAMARA J. Swift Beyond Satire. New York Times. February 20, 2017:BR20.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in superscript:

This sentence cites one reference ¹.
This sentence cites two references ^1,2.
This sentence cites four references ^1–4.

About the journal

Full journal title	British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
ISSN (print)	0306-5251
ISSN (online)	1365-2125
Scope